How to get your computer ready for Windows 11

The Windows 10 licences we offer allow you to upgrade to Windows 11 free of charge, and we will soon be able to offer Windows 11 Pro licences (OEM version). For a computer or laptop to be able to upgrade to Windows 11, it must first meet five hard criteria: The processor, graphics, hard disk and RAM must fit, and Internet access is also mandatory. A compatible DirectX version must also be installed, although this can easily be installed on older devices.

In addition, Windows 11 requires the fulfilment of four soft criteria that can be changed via registry entries: these are the boot method, the partition type, Secure Boot and the hotly discussed TPM chip, which is supposed to prevent the installation of an operating system other than Microsoft Windows.

With the free software ReadySunValley, you can not only check whether your device is ready for Windows 11, you can also change the registry automatically if your device does not meet one of the four soft criteria. Here is the download:

https://github.com/builtbybel/ReadySunValley/releases/download/0.52.1/ReadySunValley_x64.zip

We recommend that you only make changes to the registry when the switch to Windows 11 is imminent.